118
118
Jun 18, 2012
06/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
and said president obama should instruct anyone on the staff involved in leaks to come forward. lieberman believes a special council would avoid any appearance of conflict of interest. >>> although the final official results will not be announced for a few days, the muslim brotherhood says its candidate has won egypt's presidential election. it is reporting on returns from 95% of the more than 13,000pology stations nationwide. despite the election controversy is expected to remain in the egyptian government. this weekend the country's ruling military approved a new constitution. it removes power from the president and leaves primary control of the country with the military. >>> here's a look at some other stories making news now. defense lawyers in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial are scheduled to begin calling witnesses today. prosecution witnesses, including eight young men who say the former penn state assistant coach sexually abused them as children. sandusky's defense strategy includes showing how the stories of accusers changed, over time. his attorneys hope to por
and said president obama should instruct anyone on the staff involved in leaks to come forward. lieberman believes a special council would avoid any appearance of conflict of interest. >>> although the final official results will not be announced for a few days, the muslim brotherhood says its candidate has won egypt's presidential election. it is reporting on returns from 95% of the more than 13,000pology stations nationwide. despite the election controversy is expected to remain in...
96
96
Mar 14, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 96
favorite 0
quote 0
today, protesters in afghanistan burned an effigy of president obama. they're demanding a public trial for that soldier. as for the taliban it vowed revenge. today militants opened dyer fire on an afghan delegation attending a memorial for those. >>> heroes welcomed today here in washington for a dog, that is, from afghanistan. polly, an 8-month-old male herding dog was found a few months ago wandering the streets of kabul with a collar digging into his neck. an alexandria resident heard about polly from a friend stationed in kabul. she raised about $1200 to adopt polly and bring him here to the u.s. polly's flight arrived today at reagan national right around noon. >> polly is just an animal that has angels around him just to get out of a land where he can have a great home. >> polly was brought to the u.s. with the help of an animal rescue group in afghanistan. if you want more information about that group, you can go to our website, wusa9.com, and click on the story about polly. topper? >> what a beautiful dog, i tell you that. 81 for the high. the r
today, protesters in afghanistan burned an effigy of president obama. they're demanding a public trial for that soldier. as for the taliban it vowed revenge. today militants opened dyer fire on an afghan delegation attending a memorial for those. >>> heroes welcomed today here in washington for a dog, that is, from afghanistan. polly, an 8-month-old male herding dog was found a few months ago wandering the streets of kabul with a collar digging into his neck. an alexandria resident...
151
151
Mar 14, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 151
favorite 0
quote 0
frankly i do not believe that a massachusetts moderate who created romney care as the forerunner of obama compare is going to be in a position to win any debates this fall. >> reporter: but there's growing pressure on gingrich to call it quits. he campaigned hard in alabama and mississippi. at one point predicting he would win both states. now he admits he'll have to rework his strategy. mitt romney picked up wins in hawaii tuesday. now he's fighting to knock down santorum's momentum. >> i'm the one guy in this race that can beat barack obama. >> reporter: romney leads in the delegate race. he's counting on that to help him lock in his party's nomination this summer. danielle nottingham, sbs news, the white -- cbs news, the white house. >>> the campaign moves to the midwest and puerto rico. voters in missouri had for their caucuses on saturday. illinois has a primary set for next tuesday. >>> well, did the washington monument shrink or even tilt after last summer's 5.8 magnitude quake in the d.c. area? surveyors are now working to find that out. they took some measurements yesterday and w
frankly i do not believe that a massachusetts moderate who created romney care as the forerunner of obama compare is going to be in a position to win any debates this fall. >> reporter: but there's growing pressure on gingrich to call it quits. he campaigned hard in alabama and mississippi. at one point predicting he would win both states. now he admits he'll have to rework his strategy. mitt romney picked up wins in hawaii tuesday. now he's fighting to knock down santorum's momentum....
150
150
Mar 13, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama promises there will be a full and thorough investigation into the murder of 16 afghan citizens allegedly by one u.s. soldier. defense secretary says he could face the death penalty when brought to trial in this country. that, however, has not satisfied the protesters in afghanistan. they want a trial in their country. the president assures them, justice will be done. >> the killing of innocent civilians is outrageous and it's unacceptable. it's not who we are as a country and it does not represent our military. >> the taliban is promising revenge and today insurgents fired on an afghan government delegation at a memorial service for the victims and one afghan soldier was killed. >>> four major banks don't have enough capital to survive another economic collapse. that's the result from the federal reserve's latest bank stress test. it factored in imaginary scenarios, including 13% unemployment and a 50% drop in stock prices. ally financial and a fourth unnamed bank all failed to show they could survive all that. 15 major banks did pass the test. the federal reserve did
president obama promises there will be a full and thorough investigation into the murder of 16 afghan citizens allegedly by one u.s. soldier. defense secretary says he could face the death penalty when brought to trial in this country. that, however, has not satisfied the protesters in afghanistan. they want a trial in their country. the president assures them, justice will be done. >> the killing of innocent civilians is outrageous and it's unacceptable. it's not who we are as a country...
155
155
Mar 19, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 155
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> first lady michelle obama is set to appear on tonight's late showed with david letterman talking about a project called joining forces which supports military personnel and their families. this will be the first lady's first appearance late with dave. >>> or if you want to stick around here, actually let me change this up a little. if you're going to stay around here the next couple weeks, you might want to check out the cherry blossoms. tomorrow marks the beginning of the cherry blossom festival and because of all of our warm weather the trees are already blooming. the national park service says this will be the peak week for the cherry blossoms. we caught up with some people taking in the beauty this morning. >> it's unbelievable. every time it's even better. it gets more and more magnificent. i love it. >> the cherry blossom festival kicks off tomorrow. it lasts until april 27th. the beautiful trees surrounding the tidal basin were a gift from the japanese government 100 years ago and it never gets old. >> no, it doesn't. >> that's awesome. >> if derek were here, the redskins
. >>> first lady michelle obama is set to appear on tonight's late showed with david letterman talking about a project called joining forces which supports military personnel and their families. this will be the first lady's first appearance late with dave. >>> or if you want to stick around here, actually let me change this up a little. if you're going to stay around here the next couple weeks, you might want to check out the cherry blossoms. tomorrow marks the beginning of...
149
149
Mar 13, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 149
favorite 0
quote 0
talks on several issues, including syria and iran, and then president obama will host a state dinner to honor prime minister cameron. >>> coming up on 9news now. it may be early, but you know it looks like spring is sprung and what does that mean for those precious cherry blossoms? experts weigh in when we come back. : we're learning more about the chaos aboard an american airlines flight in texas last week. this is video from a passenger's cell phone. a flight attendant had to be restrained. she went on the pa and told the travelers she wasn't responsible if the flight crashed. we're now hearing some of the passengers 911 calls to emergency dispatchers. >> talking on the radio about crashing our plane. >> okay, who is talking about crashing your plane? >> the attendant over the pa. >> okay, you are on board a flight? >> yes. >> okay, what flight? american airlines? >> yes, please help us. >> it looks like they are physically restraining a flight attendant. >> they are physically restraining a flight attendant? >> yeah, she's lost it. >> so in its first statement, american airlines s
talks on several issues, including syria and iran, and then president obama will host a state dinner to honor prime minister cameron. >>> coming up on 9news now. it may be early, but you know it looks like spring is sprung and what does that mean for those precious cherry blossoms? experts weigh in when we come back. : we're learning more about the chaos aboard an american airlines flight in texas last week. this is video from a passenger's cell phone. a flight attendant had to be...
158
158
Jul 9, 2012
07/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 158
favorite 0
quote 0
today president barack obama called on congress to extend tax cuts for middle class families earning under $250,000 per year. the plan differs from that of his republican challenger mitt romney and house republicans. they're calling for an extension of all bush era tax cuts due to expire the end of the year. >> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rate we were paying under bill clinton. >> mitt romney said the president's plan to let tax cuts expire for higher earning americans amounts to a massive tax increase and house republicans say it's another one of the president's failed attempts to fix the economy. >>> for a second straight month republican mitt romney has outraised president barack obama. democrats and the obama campaign raised $71 million in june, well below the $106 million collected by the republicans. >>> damage from last summer's earthquake could keep the washington monument closed until the year 2014. repairs will require massive scaffolding to be built because engineers have
today president barack obama called on congress to extend tax cuts for middle class families earning under $250,000 per year. the plan differs from that of his republican challenger mitt romney and house republicans. they're calling for an extension of all bush era tax cuts due to expire the end of the year. >> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rate we were paying under bill clinton. >>...
439
439
Mar 4, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 439
favorite 0
quote 0
president barack obama he's promised federal assistance where needed. along with the 38 people are hundreds of people with injuries tonight and in one remarkable story a 2-year-old girl was found alive in a field ten miles from her home. susan mcginnis begins the coverage tonight from henryville, indiana. >> reporter: first responders combed through the rubble searching for tornado survivors. >> we just hope that we've not left any stone unturned at this point. >> reporter: the crew in henryville, indiana picked up a photo album they hope to get to it owner. >> after the fact they'll say that's the only picture we found of the family we have left. >> reporter: the tornado demolished the townsending a school bus into a building, dropping a tractor-trailer on a gas station and shearing the walls off of homes. >> i've seen some of the most incredible and intense damage i've ever seener. >> it headed into eastern kentucky cutting a path of destruction 52 miles long. >> reporter: the national weather service is saying it's an f 4. >> it's in the violent cate
president barack obama he's promised federal assistance where needed. along with the 38 people are hundreds of people with injuries tonight and in one remarkable story a 2-year-old girl was found alive in a field ten miles from her home. susan mcginnis begins the coverage tonight from henryville, indiana. >> reporter: first responders combed through the rubble searching for tornado survivors. >> we just hope that we've not left any stone unturned at this point. >> reporter:...
146
146
Feb 19, 2012
02/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 146
favorite 0
quote 0
the obama administration delivered its 2013 defense budget request to congress last week. a $613.5 billion plan that is 4.9% less than last year and includes the first real cuts in spending since the 1990s. more than 100,000 troops will be cut, major programs like the joint strike fighter delayed and aircraft efforts like the aircraft and the c27j transport plane cancelled. the moves were blasted by congressional republicans who accuse the president of gutting defense. defense secretary leon panetta, however, defended his budget, arguing it made the best of a bad situation driven by bipartisan legislation last year that layed our borrowing limit but specified cuts in government spending, including $487 billion from defense overs 10 years. >> let me be clear. let me be clear. you can't take a half trillion dollars out of the defense budget and not incur additional risks. we believe they are acceptable risks, but there are risks. >> the risks could goat worse if congress fails to reach a new budget agreement with the president, staving off another $6 hawaiian become in defen
the obama administration delivered its 2013 defense budget request to congress last week. a $613.5 billion plan that is 4.9% less than last year and includes the first real cuts in spending since the 1990s. more than 100,000 troops will be cut, major programs like the joint strike fighter delayed and aircraft efforts like the aircraft and the c27j transport plane cancelled. the moves were blasted by congressional republicans who accuse the president of gutting defense. defense secretary leon...
171
171
Mar 14, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 171
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney as the inevitable gop nominees saying he's the clear choice to go up against president obama. romney finished behind both santorum and newt gingrich in alabama and mississippi, but his campaign staff is quick to point out romney has won a million more votes than either competitor. as for the next contest, the missouri caucus is saturday. the puerto rico primary is sunday and the illinois primary is next tuesday. >>> still ahead on 9 news now giving the tsa the boot. we'll tell you about efforts at a major airport to get rid of federal screeners. >>> people are taking to the streets of rockville this evening to support a montgomery county college student who has been threatened with deportation. he's now 19 and jorge acuna has been in the country since he was 8 and his plight has attracted a lot of attention. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in rockville where a young college student facing deportation received a hero's welcome this afternoon after being released from detention. 19-year-old jorge steven acuna and his family just released from a maximum security holding facility on
mitt romney as the inevitable gop nominees saying he's the clear choice to go up against president obama. romney finished behind both santorum and newt gingrich in alabama and mississippi, but his campaign staff is quick to point out romney has won a million more votes than either competitor. as for the next contest, the missouri caucus is saturday. the puerto rico primary is sunday and the illinois primary is next tuesday. >>> still ahead on 9 news now giving the tsa the boot. we'll...
135
135
Mar 14, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 135
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> president obama's reelection bid received a big endorsement yesterday. the afl-cio said it will begin a nationwide door-to-door effort for the president and other democratic candidates. union leaders say the goal of the campaign is to counter the flood of outside money conservative groups are pouring into the campaigns. they have up to 400,000 union members. they'll use phone banks and knock on doors. >>> president obama says the person responsible for a shooting spree which left 15 people dead in afghanistan will be held fully accountable. there are now reports the soldier whose name still has not been released didn't just turn himself in but a search party cleat with helicopters was sent looking for him when it was discovered he was missing. he was reportedly found crawling through an orchard as if he were trying to sneak back on to base. a senior military official says there is also some indication alcohol was involved. officials say the suspect will remain in custody. he could face the death penalty. >>> today the senate is expected to approve $109 b
. >>> president obama's reelection bid received a big endorsement yesterday. the afl-cio said it will begin a nationwide door-to-door effort for the president and other democratic candidates. union leaders say the goal of the campaign is to counter the flood of outside money conservative groups are pouring into the campaigns. they have up to 400,000 union members. they'll use phone banks and knock on doors. >>> president obama says the person responsible for a shooting spree...
208
208
May 17, 2012
05/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 208
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> tomorrow, leaders from the world's 8 largest economies will join president obama at camp david in maryland for the g8 summit. the state of maryland and frederick county are working in overdrive to keep the event safe and orderly. warned business expect inconveniences, some heavy traffic, and of course some protesters. >> i heard rumor, not confirmed, but we'll see groups or segments of groups from denver out on the west coast, there are going to be some activists from europe. >> granted a permit to hold a rally in baker park in downtown and invited the occupiers to join in from all across the country. it's a protest called the g99% summit. another group occupy baltimore, planning to hold a sidewalk vigil just a few miles away from camp david. >>> represents frederick county is seeking federal help to cover the cost of that g8 summit. sent a letter to president obama asking that the summit be designated a special security event, end of quote. that would allow local law enforcement and emergency agencies to be reimbursed. as of now, frederick county will not get any federal money
. >>> tomorrow, leaders from the world's 8 largest economies will join president obama at camp david in maryland for the g8 summit. the state of maryland and frederick county are working in overdrive to keep the event safe and orderly. warned business expect inconveniences, some heavy traffic, and of course some protesters. >> i heard rumor, not confirmed, but we'll see groups or segments of groups from denver out on the west coast, there are going to be some activists from...
165
165
Jul 10, 2012
07/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 165
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> president obama's healthcare reform law is once again center stage on the house floor. >> obama care eliminates millions of american jobs. >> this is the 33rd time house republicans tried to scrap all or parts of the law. their effort to repeal it follows the supreme court ruling that the law is constitutional. >> what a waste of america's time. 30 times that we haven't voted on jobs bills. 30 times that we haven't extended tax cuts. >> house is expected to vote for a repeal on wednesday. like previous attempts, this will die in the democratically controlled senate. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> returning now to the race for president. president obama campaigned in iowa trying to make the case that he's the candidate with the plan that will help the middle class. he asked congress to extend the bush era tax cuts, but only for households making less than $250,000 a year. republican challenger, mitt romney, said limiting the tax cut extension will limit the creation of new jobs. >>> i believe that we should make sure taxes on the 98% of americans don't go up and th
. >> president obama's healthcare reform law is once again center stage on the house floor. >> obama care eliminates millions of american jobs. >> this is the 33rd time house republicans tried to scrap all or parts of the law. their effort to repeal it follows the supreme court ruling that the law is constitutional. >> what a waste of america's time. 30 times that we haven't voted on jobs bills. 30 times that we haven't extended tax cuts. >> house is expected to...
495
495
Jul 16, 2012
07/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 495
favorite 0
quote 0
but president obama said sec documents showed he was still legally in charge through 2002 when those jobs were shipped overseas. obama advisers also say they won't apologize for suggesting romney may have committed a felony if he misrepresented to the sec how long he was at the private equity firm. >> i think it is very troubling that the president would direct his campaign to label someone like governor romney who is a very good and honorable man, as a felon. >> reporter: romney's camp says the obama administration should stop the personal attacks and focus on the economy. >> we now know this president will say and do anything to keep the highest office in the land even if the means demeaning the highest office in the land. >> if i was in his shoes i'd be making the same argument. >> reporter: but the president argues the policies he has put in place still need more time to work. drew levinson, cbs news, new york. >> just ahead tonight on 9news now, a massive landslide takes a house apart. >> miracles happen. >> there's a frantic search underway for a missing family. >>> are we look
but president obama said sec documents showed he was still legally in charge through 2002 when those jobs were shipped overseas. obama advisers also say they won't apologize for suggesting romney may have committed a felony if he misrepresented to the sec how long he was at the private equity firm. >> i think it is very troubling that the president would direct his campaign to label someone like governor romney who is a very good and honorable man, as a felon. >> reporter: romney's...
131
131
Mar 6, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 131
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama tried to steal thunder from today's contest. highlights of this afternoon's presidential news conference are just ahead. >>> kind of chilly out here right now, but we'll stalk about that and milder air around the corner. we'll have details. >>> president obama held his first news conference of the year this afternoon. >> he answered questions on a range of subjects, including ones about his republican rivals. randall reports from the white house. >> in his first news conference of the year. president obama faced questions about iran's nuclear program. tensions are growing. after israel threatened to attack iran and prevent that country from building a nuclear weapon. >> we have a window of opportunity where this can still be resolved diplomatically. that's not just my view. that's the view of our top intelligence officials. it's the view of top isreali intelligence officials. >> he took aim at the republican candidates whom he called too casual about the war with iran. >> what we see about folks who have bluster and big talk,
president obama tried to steal thunder from today's contest. highlights of this afternoon's presidential news conference are just ahead. >>> kind of chilly out here right now, but we'll stalk about that and milder air around the corner. we'll have details. >>> president obama held his first news conference of the year this afternoon. >> he answered questions on a range of subjects, including ones about his republican rivals. randall reports from the white house....
156
156
Jan 8, 2012
01/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 156
favorite 0
quote 0
televised debate tonight, they took up the issues of government spending, jobs and whether president barack obama made the right choice in bringing troops home from iraq. ron paul and rick santorum callinged former pennsylvania senator corrupt for taking money from lobbyists. santorum says the republican party needs to nominate a leader and not merely a manager. romney says he's the leader the party is looking for. >> my experience is in leadership. the people in the private sector who are every day making this country a stronger nation and hiring people, they're not successful because they're managers. they're successful primarily because they are leaders. so he's a big government person, along with him being very associated with the lobbyists and taking a lot of funds and also where did he make his living afterwards? i mean, he came a high-powered lobbyist in washington, d.c. he's done quite well. >> i am not a libertarian. i agree. you vote against everything. i don't vote against everything. i do vote for some spending. i think government has a role to play in defense. >> i'm very much for wh
televised debate tonight, they took up the issues of government spending, jobs and whether president barack obama made the right choice in bringing troops home from iraq. ron paul and rick santorum callinged former pennsylvania senator corrupt for taking money from lobbyists. santorum says the republican party needs to nominate a leader and not merely a manager. romney says he's the leader the party is looking for. >> my experience is in leadership. the people in the private sector who...
150
150
Jul 10, 2012
07/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
that's next. >>> president obama's affordable care act is again center stage on capitol hill. it is a new effort by republicans to repeal the healthcare overhaul, a promise they made just after the supreme court upheld the law as constitutional. >> republicans in congress are ramping up efforts to overturn the president's crowning achievement. healthcare reform. >> we are resolved to have this law go away. we are going to do everything we can to stop it. >> republican leadership scheduled three panels to examine the impact of the affordable care act on the economy and the healthcare industry. republicans strongly oppose the individual mandate, which requires everyone to purchase healthcare or pay a fine. >> how is this different than the government requiring americans to purchase broccoli or pay a tax for not doing so? >> estimates that only 1.4% of americans will pay anything for refusing to purchase insurance. >> the house is expected to hold a repeal vote wednesday. the gop tried about 30 times to undermine the law and there's no reason to expect they'll succeed this time.
that's next. >>> president obama's affordable care act is again center stage on capitol hill. it is a new effort by republicans to repeal the healthcare overhaul, a promise they made just after the supreme court upheld the law as constitutional. >> republicans in congress are ramping up efforts to overturn the president's crowning achievement. healthcare reform. >> we are resolved to have this law go away. we are going to do everything we can to stop it. >> republican...
127
127
May 14, 2012
05/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 127
favorite 0
quote 0
pastors across the country took to their pulpits yesterday to either support president obama's decision or to denounce it. the heated discussion also dominated the sunday talk shows. bill whitaker tracked that debate. >> reporter: it was the talk of the sunday talk shows. >> we're going to hear many voices on this issue of gay marriage. >> reporter: there were, of course, classic talking points from republican national chairman. >> marriage has to have a definition and we just happen to believe it's between a man and a woman. >> reporter: singer and gay activist clay aiken. >> we'll look back and be ashamed we were against this. >> reporter: but for such a hot button issue, the tone and tenor of today's debate was not hard right versus hard left. ted olson served in the george w. bush observatiadministration. >> i'm not for gay marriage despite the fact i'm a conservative. i'm for it because i'm conservative. >> reporter: the blurring of political lines shows how undefined this issue is. since president obama endorsed same-sex marriage last week and mitt romney, presumed republican oppo
pastors across the country took to their pulpits yesterday to either support president obama's decision or to denounce it. the heated discussion also dominated the sunday talk shows. bill whitaker tracked that debate. >> reporter: it was the talk of the sunday talk shows. >> we're going to hear many voices on this issue of gay marriage. >> reporter: there were, of course, classic talking points from republican national chairman. >> marriage has to have a definition and...
177
177
Mar 15, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 177
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> but first gas prices raise a sixth day as president obama heads to maryland to defend his energy policy. we'll tell you what he had to say about the price at the pump up next. >> 9 news now is brought to you in part by the big screen store. >>> here we go again. prices at the pump are up again for the sixth straight day. aaa says the national average for a gallon of regular is 3.82 up a penny from yesterday. the increase is a little bigger in our area, average in the d.c. metro now $3.90 which is two cents more than yesterday and 31 cents more than a year ago. >>> republicans have had a field day blaming president obama for those gas prices. apparently the president has had enough. today he blasted away at his republican critics. it happened during a speech on energy at prince george's county community college. president obama likened his republican naysayers to those who predicted christopher columbus would sail right off the edge of planet, a group not able to look ahead. >> they make jokes about biofuels. they were against raising fuel standards. i guess they like gas guzzlers
. >> but first gas prices raise a sixth day as president obama heads to maryland to defend his energy policy. we'll tell you what he had to say about the price at the pump up next. >> 9 news now is brought to you in part by the big screen store. >>> here we go again. prices at the pump are up again for the sixth straight day. aaa says the national average for a gallon of regular is 3.82 up a penny from yesterday. the increase is a little bigger in our area, average in the...
137
137
May 21, 2012
05/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 137
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama and now the naacp. this weekend the naacp says civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law. >> i would say anyone that was gay, whatever, could come to the church. if you wanted to actually join and take full membership, then you say i believe like you guys believe. >> reporter: at a time when people may be seeking guidance on the institution of marriage from their church leader, some say they are going by their value values. >> it is not who you with, it is how you treat one another. >> reporter: same sex marriage in maryland has been signed into law and takes effect next year. opponents are working to force a referendum on same sex marriage on the november ballot. >>> that naacp press conference is set for 10:30 this morning. >>> montgomery county police are investigating an apparent murder suicide in silver spring. officers discovered the body of a 39-year-old man and his wife. the couple was found in a house on colgate way. a police spokesman said both bodies showed signs of trauma and
president obama and now the naacp. this weekend the naacp says civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law. >> i would say anyone that was gay, whatever, could come to the church. if you wanted to actually join and take full membership, then you say i believe like you guys believe. >> reporter: at a time when people may be seeking guidance on the institution of marriage from their church leader, some say they are going by their value values. >> it is not who you...
153
153
Mar 6, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 153
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> while president owe obama is promising support, he's also trying to avoid a military showdown. >> reporter: the two leaders shook hands and say they stand together to stop iran's nuclear ambitions. >> the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel's security. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu thanked the president for his support but stressed it's not just israel's security is at stake if iran develops nuclear weapons. >> for them we are you and you are us. >> reporter: president obama said he preferred to solve it without military options. >> israel must have the ability always to descend itself by itself against any -- defend itself by itself against any threat. >> reporter: the obama administration is holding out hope that diplomacy can resolve the crisis. >> that's why we have worked so diligently to set up the most -- [ inaudible ] -- sanctions with respect to israel. >> reporter: -- with respect to iraq. >> reporter: at the conference of the pro-israel lobbying group, they said the threat cannot be ignored. hours earlier the head of th
. >> while president owe obama is promising support, he's also trying to avoid a military showdown. >> reporter: the two leaders shook hands and say they stand together to stop iran's nuclear ambitions. >> the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel's security. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu thanked the president for his support but stressed it's not just israel's security is at stake if iran develops nuclear weapons. >>...
186
186
Jul 13, 2012
07/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 186
favorite 0
quote 0
you will see that this morning as part of the white house interview with the obamas. we'll have much more on sunday and monday morning here on cbs. and if this is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery for both men and women. the surprising reason for all of the chin implants. when we see you at 7:00. >> okay. got to cover up my chin. >> before we go erica make sure you -- make sure you let charlie know we're miffed he's once again in washington and didn't stop by to hi say hello. >> he didn't stop by? ill am going to have a word with that charlie rose. >> the hot spot is waiting. >> i will. >> enjoy your weekend. >> thank you. >>> conflicting reports over exactly when presumptive republican nominee mitt romney left bain capital. he was there until february 2001 according to documents but his campaign has said he had nothing to do with the company after february 1999. in that period the company oversaw investments involving outsourcing for companies which filed for bankruptcy. >>> a d.c. police officer is temporarily after the job after he allegedly made a violent thr
you will see that this morning as part of the white house interview with the obamas. we'll have much more on sunday and monday morning here on cbs. and if this is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery for both men and women. the surprising reason for all of the chin implants. when we see you at 7:00. >> okay. got to cover up my chin. >> before we go erica make sure you -- make sure you let charlie know we're miffed he's once again in washington and didn't stop by to hi say hello....
119
119
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 119
favorite 0
quote 0
for the first time president obama and mitt romney will meet on stage. the president faced critic jim for a five year old speech. his running meat misspoke again. we go to denver for a preview. >> reporter: good morning. both of these candidates are under enormous pressure to perform tonight. they have been preparing for more than a month. yesterday we saw them both take a little break, try to get away from it all. then last night that video changed the conversation. >> in denver, romney went for mexican at chipotle along with ohio senator rob portman who has been playing the role of president obama in mock debates. in nevada the president who has been rehearsing with massachusetts senator john kerry as romney went to the hoover dam. >> it's spectacular. >> reporter: both left the day's campaigning to their number twos and that turned into trouble for team obama. in charlotte, vice president joe biden was trying to argue romney would raise taxes on the middle class. when he implied president obama's policies already have hurt. >> how they can justify rai
for the first time president obama and mitt romney will meet on stage. the president faced critic jim for a five year old speech. his running meat misspoke again. we go to denver for a preview. >> reporter: good morning. both of these candidates are under enormous pressure to perform tonight. they have been preparing for more than a month. yesterday we saw them both take a little break, try to get away from it all. then last night that video changed the conversation. >> in denver,...
120
120
Mar 15, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 120
favorite 0
quote 0
senate seat once held by president obama. blagojevich says he never purposely did anything wrong and he is appealing his sentence. >>> today is one of those days having your desk near a window is a double edge sword. on one hand you'll get a chance to see the beautiful weather. >> on the other hand you'll be stuck inside seeing that beautiful weather. delia goncalves is in dupont circle getting an early start on this gorgeous day. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is a gorgeous day. "just kind of -- i just kind of shivered quickly. mark boss, i mentioned him a lot. you heard his voice. now i'm going to reveal the mystery man behind the camera. this is mark boss. tell me your theory when right before the sun comes up. >> yes. the temperature drops about 10 degrees before dawn. >> even though it's going to be warm and i just shivered a bit, i had a legitimate reason to do so, right? >> yes, if you're cold natured. >> reporter: that's all i needed to know. thank you. go back there. anyway, it's going to be a gorgeous d
senate seat once held by president obama. blagojevich says he never purposely did anything wrong and he is appealing his sentence. >>> today is one of those days having your desk near a window is a double edge sword. on one hand you'll get a chance to see the beautiful weather. >> on the other hand you'll be stuck inside seeing that beautiful weather. delia goncalves is in dupont circle getting an early start on this gorgeous day. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it...
197
197
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 197
favorite 0
quote 0
that was the cost of gas when president obama took office. the promotion was sponsored by the new american energy opportunity foundation. it is a group critical of the obama administration's energy policy. >>> you find them in the sunday circular, on line, and on your smartphone. if you aren't using coupons, like the ones i have here, you are leaving a lot of money on the table. new data on coupon usage reveals that of the $470 billion in available coupon savings last year, only 1% of them were redeemed. one local mom is on a quest to be sure you know the three ways to get your share before you hit the grocery store. >> today we are going to be talking about realistic ways that you can coupon. >> reporter: laura scours the savings-sphere and blogs about it. it starts by knowing the basics, especially when it comes to manufacturing coupons. >> this 50 crept coupon will double to a dollar. >> reporter: finding the coupon is just the first step. laura says step two is to check the sunday newspaper coupon inserts. >> you are going to go back to t
that was the cost of gas when president obama took office. the promotion was sponsored by the new american energy opportunity foundation. it is a group critical of the obama administration's energy policy. >>> you find them in the sunday circular, on line, and on your smartphone. if you aren't using coupons, like the ones i have here, you are leaving a lot of money on the table. new data on coupon usage reveals that of the $470 billion in available coupon savings last year, only 1% of...
201
201
May 31, 2012
05/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 201
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> reporter: what grade would you give president obama? >> oh, an "f." there's no question about that. >> reporter: across the board. >> across the board. >> reporter: even despite the killing of osama bin laden. >> look at what's happening in the middle east. the arab spring has become the arab winter. that's hardly a success. and of course domestically, it's hard to call what, now, 39, 40 months of unemployment above 8% a success when even he said by now, it would be in the 6% range. and by now it is not. it's over eight. >> reporter: what would do you though, specifically, when you think about the problem of long-term unemployment, what would do you to turn that around in a romney administration? >> you know, one of the things we tried when i was the governor of massachusetts was to create an incentive for employers to actually hire people who had been out of work for a long time. and so we said if you hire someone who has been out of work a year or more, we're going to give you the, the employer, i think it was a $2,000 check to be able to train this
. >> reporter: what grade would you give president obama? >> oh, an "f." there's no question about that. >> reporter: across the board. >> across the board. >> reporter: even despite the killing of osama bin laden. >> look at what's happening in the middle east. the arab spring has become the arab winter. that's hardly a success. and of course domestically, it's hard to call what, now, 39, 40 months of unemployment above 8% a success when even he...
150
150
Jul 11, 2012
07/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama would get 50% of the vote in the commonwealth if the election were held today. mr. romney would get 42%. g.o.p. backers of romney are campaigning in the state this week while the president will spend his weekend stumping across the state of virginia. >>> 6:06. jessica doyle is watching your money and your smartphones. >> more and more of us are seeing these pop-up ads on our phones. i totally agree i've seen them too. is it something new? >> it is new. not only are we seeing them but they're also invading our privacy. this is pretty serious stuff. the ads are actually able to change the settings on your smartphones and even take your contact information which could then be sold to marketers? how is this happening? mobile security come lookout says thousands of smartphone apps are powered by rogue -- [indiscernible] the really aggressive ads could be hard to spot. they can be in the form of a text message, an app icon, some network user notification bars or home pages but the good point here, it's not a huge problem yet. only 5% of free apps are also using these aggr
president obama would get 50% of the vote in the commonwealth if the election were held today. mr. romney would get 42%. g.o.p. backers of romney are campaigning in the state this week while the president will spend his weekend stumping across the state of virginia. >>> 6:06. jessica doyle is watching your money and your smartphones. >> more and more of us are seeing these pop-up ads on our phones. i totally agree i've seen them too. is it something new? >> it is new. not...
113
113
May 12, 2012
05/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 113
favorite 0
quote 0
governor romney speaking just a few days after president obama backed same-sex marriage and yet mr. romney only briefly touches on it. why? >> that's right. the strong reaction governor romney got to the single sentence about the sanctity of marriage shows why he won't spend much time talking about it. foanyone anywho were reluctant o embrace governor romney after the primaries have been given a fresh nudge in his direction by the president's support for same-sex marriage, that gave romney latitude to spend the bulk of his remarks showing fundamentalists and evangelical christians that he understood their world view, could speak their language and shared their values, even though he practices a different faith. >> axelrod: and yet this is an election everyone assumes will hinge on jobs, jobs, jobs, so what happens when the back-and-forth actually becomes about social issues? >> well, the issue that will dominate voter thinking in the fall will be the health of the economy, and that's another reason governor romney and republicans are not going to spend much time talking about same-s
governor romney speaking just a few days after president obama backed same-sex marriage and yet mr. romney only briefly touches on it. why? >> that's right. the strong reaction governor romney got to the single sentence about the sanctity of marriage shows why he won't spend much time talking about it. foanyone anywho were reluctant o embrace governor romney after the primaries have been given a fresh nudge in his direction by the president's support for same-sex marriage, that gave...
130
130
Jun 15, 2012
06/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 130
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> president obama visited new york city for two fundraisers and a special trip to one world trade center. the president and first lady met with construction workers. they also signed a beam that will be one of the last installed in the tower when it's finished sometime next spring. >> that is what the american spirit is all about. congratulations. >> after the signing the president and first lady attended two fundraisers in manhattan. one of them at the home of actress sarah jessica parker. >>> i am watching your mown. no, no, you cannot put a price tag on your child. but you can put one on the price of raising them. a child born in 2011 will cost its parents get this -- $235,000 over 17 years. nearly a third of that goes to housing. $38,000 to food and $41,000 to education. the department of agriculture came out with the figures, the overall cost jumped $8,000 over 2010. >>> besides the financial cost of raising a child there's the impact kids have on the professional lives. and more dads are seeing that nowadays according to a new survey by career builder, 43% of men who've beco
. >>> president obama visited new york city for two fundraisers and a special trip to one world trade center. the president and first lady met with construction workers. they also signed a beam that will be one of the last installed in the tower when it's finished sometime next spring. >> that is what the american spirit is all about. congratulations. >> after the signing the president and first lady attended two fundraisers in manhattan. one of them at the home of actress...
130
130
Mar 5, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 130
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> president obama plans to hold his first news conference of the year tomorrow. you can watch it here live at 1:00 on wusa9. >>> a federal judge ruled maryland's hand fun permit law is unconstitutional -- handgun law unconstitutional. the judge said it needed to show a good and substantial reason to carry a handgun infringes the second amendment right to bear arms and the judge says the maryland law is not specifically tailored to the state's public safety interest. >>> an appeals court denied requests by loughner to end his forced medication. loughner is the suspect in the deadly shooting rampage in tucson, arizona. today's ruling allows authorities to keep giving loughner drugs all aimed at making him psychologically fit to stand trial. >>> a teenager wounded in last week's ohio shooting has been transferred to a rehab unit. 17-year-old nick wozzeck was wounded in the neck, arm and back. a second teen-ager was released and a third was nicked in appear ear. three other students were -- an ear. three other students were killed. >>> breaking news we've followed al
. >>> president obama plans to hold his first news conference of the year tomorrow. you can watch it here live at 1:00 on wusa9. >>> a federal judge ruled maryland's hand fun permit law is unconstitutional -- handgun law unconstitutional. the judge said it needed to show a good and substantial reason to carry a handgun infringes the second amendment right to bear arms and the judge says the maryland law is not specifically tailored to the state's public safety interest....
160
160
Oct 2, 2012
10/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 160
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama and i both care about poor and middle-class families. the difference is my policies will make things better for them. we shouldn't measure compassion by how many people are on welfare. we should measure compassion by how many people are able to get off welfare and get a good paying job. my plan will create twelve million new jobs over the next four years helping lift families out of poverty and strengthening the middle-class. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message because we can't afford another four years like the last four years. ♪ >>> don't you just hate it when there are so many political signs clogging up the median strips? well, in virginia, not so much anymore. >> that's right, because as peggy fox reports, people complain so much and so loudly that the lawmakers in virginia took some action. >> here on the springfield parkway and the fairfax county parkway, the medians are pretty clear of signs. except for that one. this huge sign for congressional candidate, patrick murray, is one of the few political signs we found violat
president obama and i both care about poor and middle-class families. the difference is my policies will make things better for them. we shouldn't measure compassion by how many people are on welfare. we should measure compassion by how many people are able to get off welfare and get a good paying job. my plan will create twelve million new jobs over the next four years helping lift families out of poverty and strengthening the middle-class. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message because we...
113
113
Mar 1, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 113
favorite 0
quote 0
in 2008 virginia voted for president obama. >>> the time right now 5:34. 5:35. i'm watching your money. scores of birth control pills are being crawled. -- being recalled. some are the pills are not in the proper sequence. if taken out of order, they may not work potentially leading to an unplanned pregnancy. pfizer announced a similar recall last month. >>> you feel the pain of skyrocketing prices at pump and grocery store? that means we're all looking for more ways to save. while online couponing has been around for a while, higher prices are attracting new interests. here are some ways for coupon new byes -- knew byes to maximize the experience. experts from money talk news say first print the coupons asap, even if you don't plan to use them right away. they could be pulled down at any time. next, take advantage of face book offers. in most cases, you have to like the product or the company's face book page and print the coupon. if you don't want the clutter of another feed, unlike the company after you print. finally, don't underestimate comparison shopping
in 2008 virginia voted for president obama. >>> the time right now 5:34. 5:35. i'm watching your money. scores of birth control pills are being crawled. -- being recalled. some are the pills are not in the proper sequence. if taken out of order, they may not work potentially leading to an unplanned pregnancy. pfizer announced a similar recall last month. >>> you feel the pain of skyrocketing prices at pump and grocery store? that means we're all looking for more ways to save....
163
163
Mar 6, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 163
favorite 0
quote 0
, candidate obama getting another seven million or so for his election videos. in terms of what's most popular for the g.o.p. candidates right now, the most viewed video for one of the remaining candidates is actually an attack ad from ron paul against newt gingrich but the most popular candidate video uploaded by a candidate of all time actually goes back to 2008, then candidate barack obama. his campaign uploading a video of him dancing on the ellen degenres show. political video comes in all different shapes and sizes and even though we see candidate ads with millions of views, one featuring a dancing president also doesn't do too badly. >> hard to beat. in some cases you want the attention. other cases you don't. thanks so much for coming in today. >> it's hard to look cool dancing sometimes in a suit. he's in a suit. >> who knows what will happen. we'll head out to virginia just as super tuesday voting gets under way in less than ten minutes. who's dancing there? >> i totally understand, mr. president. >>> today here on hero central, we salute the medical p
, candidate obama getting another seven million or so for his election videos. in terms of what's most popular for the g.o.p. candidates right now, the most viewed video for one of the remaining candidates is actually an attack ad from ron paul against newt gingrich but the most popular candidate video uploaded by a candidate of all time actually goes back to 2008, then candidate barack obama. his campaign uploading a video of him dancing on the ellen degenres show. political video comes in all...
170
170
Jun 8, 2012
06/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 170
favorite 0
quote 0
the obama white house has seen better weeks than this one turned out to be. that recall election out there in wisconsin where big labor and the democrats tried to topple the governor in that recall election scott walker and walker won that and won it pretty handily. he's going to be our lead guest on face the nation sunday. we're also going to have richard trunka, president of the alfcio, one of those leading the effort to get rid of way, and also maryland governor martin o'malley will be here to round that out. we're also going to do a segment on all of these extraordinary leaks that are suddenly popping up about secret government programs, you know, to cripple the nuclear refinement effort going on in iran. dianne feinstein is chairman of the senate intelligence committee and her equal number over in the house, mike rogers, will both be here to talk about that, but i got to tell you the thing that i'm most looking forward to, next week mark the 40th anniversary of the water -- marks the 40th anniversary of watergate break-in and bob woodward and karl bernst
the obama white house has seen better weeks than this one turned out to be. that recall election out there in wisconsin where big labor and the democrats tried to topple the governor in that recall election scott walker and walker won that and won it pretty handily. he's going to be our lead guest on face the nation sunday. we're also going to have richard trunka, president of the alfcio, one of those leading the effort to get rid of way, and also maryland governor martin o'malley will be here...
132
132
Jan 4, 2012
01/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 132
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> it's time for barack obama to go home and for someone who understands our economy to lead this country. reporter: polls show romney enters new hampshire with a double digit lead. >> game on. reporter: but rick santorum is looking to shrink that and capitalize on his second place finish in iowa. newt gingrich also has a lot riding on the new hampshire primary. today he launched this full page newspaper ad attacking romney. he says voters have a choice between himself, a reagan conservative, and romney, a massachusetts moderate. the competition has changed in new hampshire. >> i have decided to stand aside. reporter: michele bachmann quit after a poor performance in iowa. >> this is a quirky place. reporter: rick perry called the iowa caucuses a quirky and turned his attention to south carolina 36789. >> we're going into places where they have actually primaries and near going to be real republicans voting. -- they're going to be real republicans voting. reporter: jon huntsman is on the campaign trail after skipping 0 would. >> you've got to be on the ground shake -- skipping iowa. >> yo
. >> it's time for barack obama to go home and for someone who understands our economy to lead this country. reporter: polls show romney enters new hampshire with a double digit lead. >> game on. reporter: but rick santorum is looking to shrink that and capitalize on his second place finish in iowa. newt gingrich also has a lot riding on the new hampshire primary. today he launched this full page newspaper ad attacking romney. he says voters have a choice between himself, a reagan...
145
145
Mar 15, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 145
favorite 0
quote 0
up, more from last night's official dinner at the white house, the biggest ever hosted by president obama. we'll be back. denny's new sizzlin' skillets are here for a limited time. so strike while the iron's hot. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> welcome back. we'll be in the 70s by lunch time. a drive home temperature of about 80. monika, over you to. >>> here's the beltway in college park on the outer loop. that's the top side of your screen. traffic moving well over to the 95 interchange in silver spring. no problems on 95 out of baltimore or the bw parkway. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look into virginia at 5:18. >>> here is what's making news now at 5:11 this morning. this morning u.s. defense secretary leon panetta is going to meet with afghan president karzai. he is trying to relieve tensions after a weekend massacre of 16 civilians which is being blamed on an american soldier. that soldier has been transferred to a military base in kuwait now. >>> the defendant in an aggravated sexual assault case is the gunman who opened fire at
up, more from last night's official dinner at the white house, the biggest ever hosted by president obama. we'll be back. denny's new sizzlin' skillets are here for a limited time. so strike while the iron's hot. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> welcome back. we'll be in the 70s by lunch time. a drive home temperature of about 80. monika, over you to. >>> here's the beltway in college park on the outer loop. that's the top side of your...
163
163
Aug 31, 2012
08/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 163
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama is on the road today. he spoke to troops at ft. bliss, texas just ahead of next week's democratic national convention in north carolina. joining us now from the site of the democratic convention in charlotte is the host of face the nation bob schieffer. ien i'm supposed to talk about romney, but make my day. what the heck was clint eastwood doing with that empty chair bit last night? >> i mean have you ever? who is it that keeps saying nothing ever happens at these conventions and here you have this carefully crafted carefully scripted convention and then clint eastwood walks out there and just blows the whole thing. i mean this was the night that the republicans after all the distractions, the hurricane and all of that, finally they thought they had the nation's attention and mitt romney was going to lay out his vision. i got to tell you, derek, all i heard people talking about whether you turned on the radio today, whether it was the morning cable shows, all people were talking about was clint eastwood. we came out of the hotel i
president obama is on the road today. he spoke to troops at ft. bliss, texas just ahead of next week's democratic national convention in north carolina. joining us now from the site of the democratic convention in charlotte is the host of face the nation bob schieffer. ien i'm supposed to talk about romney, but make my day. what the heck was clint eastwood doing with that empty chair bit last night? >> i mean have you ever? who is it that keeps saying nothing ever happens at these...
138
138
Oct 25, 2012
10/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 138
favorite 0
quote 0
obama picked up a big endorsement today from colin powell, but powell insists he's still a republican. >>> arlington county opened a criminal investigation into voter fraud after an indent involving congressman jim moran's son. >> 23-year-old patrick moran resigned as a campaign field director after he was seen on an undercover video discussing illegal voting. peggy fox joins us live with the latest. >> that's right. in that video posted by a conservative activist patrick moran tried several times to discourage the undercover activist from following through with his so-called voter fraud plan, but then moran offers the man specific ways to skirt virginia's new voter identification law. patrick moran is seen in this video first trying to dissuade the man from committing voter fraud. >> try like make sure that it went through without a hitch. >> then after a while moran offers suggestions how to skirt the voter id law. >> 100 people don't vote. he's looking for two guys to help him. >> utility bills or something like that. he'll need bills. he'll need something with a name and their add
obama picked up a big endorsement today from colin powell, but powell insists he's still a republican. >>> arlington county opened a criminal investigation into voter fraud after an indent involving congressman jim moran's son. >> 23-year-old patrick moran resigned as a campaign field director after he was seen on an undercover video discussing illegal voting. peggy fox joins us live with the latest. >> that's right. in that video posted by a conservative activist patrick...
144
144
Mar 5, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 144
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> today president obama met face to face with israel's prime minister benjamin in benjamin netanyahu. the president said he feels diplomacy could still work and made the remark before he and the prime minister met behind closed doors in oval office. >> the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to their security. >> israel must have the ability always to defend itself by itself against any threat. >> netanyahu made it clear israel would use military action, necessary, in order to defend itself. >>> jury selection started today in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of two virginia tech students. those two students, julia pride and aaron peterson, were killed in the april, 2007 massacre. peterson lived in chantilly. pride was from blacksburg and now their parents want school administrators to be held accountable. virginia tech's president charles steger is expected to be a witness. the parents claim the school waited too long before alerting students to the first shootings on campus. >>> the washington redskins will soon be here in the nfl's investigati
. >>> today president obama met face to face with israel's prime minister benjamin in benjamin netanyahu. the president said he feels diplomacy could still work and made the remark before he and the prime minister met behind closed doors in oval office. >> the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to their security. >> israel must have the ability always to defend itself by itself against any threat. >> netanyahu made it clear israel would use...
176
176
May 14, 2012
05/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 176
favorite 0
quote 0
ever since president barack obama endorsed same-sex marriage last week and mitt romney, his presumed republican opponent, restated his support for traditional heterosexual marriage, hundreds have been trying to predict the political fallout. political scientist and former gop strategist, dan schnur. >> the politics in this area are changing so quickly that neither party really knows quite exactly how to deal with them. >> reporter: while polls show growing public support for same-sex marriage, the real election battle will be in crucial swing states where gop strategist mark mckinnon is support is weaker. >> the polling done in the last couple days show 23% of independents and 10% of democrats say make them less likely to vote for president. >> reporter: tony perkins of family research council says the president has reenergized the republican base. >> i don't think the president did a political calculus to do this because if he d he need to go back to the calculator because it's a bad formula. >> reporter: democrats argue or maybe hope that by election day this issue will be a noniss
ever since president barack obama endorsed same-sex marriage last week and mitt romney, his presumed republican opponent, restated his support for traditional heterosexual marriage, hundreds have been trying to predict the political fallout. political scientist and former gop strategist, dan schnur. >> the politics in this area are changing so quickly that neither party really knows quite exactly how to deal with them. >> reporter: while polls show growing public support for...
148
148
Mar 20, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> but president obama waits to learn his opponent's identity while he's loading up his war chest. more on that story coming up. >>> ahead in sports with just a couple of weeks left in the playoff chase, alexander ovechkin steps up his game. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. welcome back. time saver traffic on the northbound side of 395. here's what it looks like in shirlington where you can see it's nice and quiet heading up to the 14th street bridge. no problems along 95 as well coming up from dale city to the beltway. in my next report at 5:18, i'll talk about 66. back to you. >>> news now at 5:11, a manhunt is under way for the gunman who opened fire on a jewish school in toulouse, france. three children and a teacher were killed. france's jewish community is europe's largest. it's the worst antisemetic incident in france in nearly 30 years. >>> the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians could be charged as soon as this week. robert bales met with his lawyer for the first time yesterday. attorney john henry brown says bales doesn't remember the massacre. >>> presid
. >> but president obama waits to learn his opponent's identity while he's loading up his war chest. more on that story coming up. >>> ahead in sports with just a couple of weeks left in the playoff chase, alexander ovechkin steps up his game. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. welcome back. time saver traffic on the northbound side of 395. here's what it looks like in shirlington where you can see it's nice and quiet heading up to the 14th street bridge. no problems...
150
150
Jun 4, 2012
06/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama and their team saved the auto industry. the best may we've ever seen in the auto industry. things are moving in the right drik, albeit we have to create more jobs. we are creating jobs and we have to continue. congress has to get on the ball. the president has put a lot of common sense proposals out there. they're not paying attention. they're doing politics. >> i just saw david axelrod and stephanie cutter blaming congress rather than talking about the president. >> well, clearly president obama and the team and all of us have been out there talking about president obama's accomplishments and the jobs that have been created. but this is going to be a clear choice election. a romney economics, look what he did in massachusetts. under job creation they became 47th out of 50 states. he raised taxes and fees 1,000 times. he took the debt up. he increased state spending every year by over 6%. there is a clear contrast. that's economic policies that got us into the mess. president obama is out leading, we're moving in the right
president obama and their team saved the auto industry. the best may we've ever seen in the auto industry. things are moving in the right drik, albeit we have to create more jobs. we are creating jobs and we have to continue. congress has to get on the ball. the president has put a lot of common sense proposals out there. they're not paying attention. they're doing politics. >> i just saw david axelrod and stephanie cutter blaming congress rather than talking about the president. >>...
432
432
Jun 1, 2012
06/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 432
favorite 0
quote 0
obama at the white house. despite their political disagreements, bill plante reports the two men focused on what they have in common. >> reporter: charlie, in the east room with two former presidents, george w. bush and his father, george h.w. bush, president obama allowed the presidency has given him a perspective that transcends politics. >> i have a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the presidents who came before me. >> reporter: for three years president obama has blamed his predecessor for helping the rich over the middle class and leaving behind a mountain of debt. on this day, he thanked bush for his help with the transition. >> george,ly always remember the gathering you hosted for all the living former presidents before i took office. your kind words of encouragement. plus, you also left me a really good tv sports package. i use it. >> reporter: the audience of bush family members and people from the bush administration watched as the portraits of president obama and laura bush were reve
obama at the white house. despite their political disagreements, bill plante reports the two men focused on what they have in common. >> reporter: charlie, in the east room with two former presidents, george w. bush and his father, george h.w. bush, president obama allowed the presidency has given him a perspective that transcends politics. >> i have a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the presidents who came before me. >> reporter: for three years president...
130
130
Mar 14, 2012
03/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 130
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> today president obama and british prime minister david cameron will make the rounds here in washington. >> last night the world leaders were in ohio for the start of march madness. they watched mississippi valley state take on western kentucky. it looked like it was going to be an easy win for state. that is, until the last five minutes. western kentucky made a furious run. 59-68 comeback win. >>> not to be outdone in the second game featured last night, an evener comeback . / na dominated but here comes byu. the cougars win 78-72. here's kristen berset with the rest of your morning sports. >>> good morning, everybody. the redskins blockbuster trade with the rams to get the second pick in the draft became official yesterday but they're purposing of draft picks to get him meant the redskins needed to do some serious business in free agency. they were busy making sure they have the talented targets to throw to. plus 90 minutes after free agency opened, they signed pierre garson to a deal. despite earlier reports the redskins have not signed eddie royal, reports say talks fell through aft
. >>> today president obama and british prime minister david cameron will make the rounds here in washington. >> last night the world leaders were in ohio for the start of march madness. they watched mississippi valley state take on western kentucky. it looked like it was going to be an easy win for state. that is, until the last five minutes. western kentucky made a furious run. 59-68 comeback win. >>> not to be outdone in the second game featured last night, an evener...
172
172
Jun 2, 2012
06/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 172
favorite 0
quote 0
they'll just decide, you know, we're done with president obama president obama. polls have shown people are tired of his stewardship on the economy, they feel the country is going in the wrong direction. democrats have to get that conversation to be a choice between the two ideologies and then perhaps it's a jump ball, a question of who will improve the future for you and that's one that maybe is a little more favorable. but they've got to get it to that argument first. >> john, last summer we saw a same scenario and the economy seemed to pick up toward the end if it picks up as it approaches the election, will the president benefit from that or as you say, is this pretty much set now? >> well, that's the trouble. the challenge is since this is the second or third spring in a row which people have seen the economy get a little better and, oops, it's not getting better, they're snake bit. the idea it's getting better is something people would be highly skeptical about. what it looks like in this economy is things aren't going to get so much better, even if they do
they'll just decide, you know, we're done with president obama president obama. polls have shown people are tired of his stewardship on the economy, they feel the country is going in the wrong direction. democrats have to get that conversation to be a choice between the two ideologies and then perhaps it's a jump ball, a question of who will improve the future for you and that's one that maybe is a little more favorable. but they've got to get it to that argument first. >> john, last...
188
188
Jan 28, 2012
01/12
by
WUSA
tv
eye 188
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama welcomed former president george h.w. bush and his son, former florida governor jeb bush, for a personal visit. the bushes are in washington to attend a dinner where mr. obama will be speaking. >>> arizona's governor scheduled a special election this spring to replace congresswoman gabrielle giffords. giffords resigned this week to focus on her recovery. she was shot in the head last year in an attempted assassination. six people were killed in that attack. a primary election to replace giffords will be held in april. a general election is scheduled for june. >>> former penn state coach jerry sandusky is seeking per noigs visit with his grandchildren. the form area siftant football coach at penn state is accused of sexually molesting ten boys and is under house arrest. his bail arrangement bars him from having contact with anyone under the age of 18. he is asking a judge to allow his grandkids to visit him accompanied by their parents. well, fwz five minutes past the hour. time now for another check of the weather. for th
president obama welcomed former president george h.w. bush and his son, former florida governor jeb bush, for a personal visit. the bushes are in washington to attend a dinner where mr. obama will be speaking. >>> arizona's governor scheduled a special election this spring to replace congresswoman gabrielle giffords. giffords resigned this week to focus on her recovery. she was shot in the head last year in an attempted assassination. six people were killed in that attack. a primary...